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[Culture] Colorado Ballet Kicks Off New Season with New Principals

https://coloradoballet.org/files/galleries/SwanLake_15sec_Horizontal_FINAL.mp4   Colorado Ballet started its 23-24 season with ‘Swan Lake’   Colorado Ballet   (Denver = Wongeol Jeong) Colorado Ballet has started its 23-24 season with ‘Swan Lake.’   On the 6th of yesterday, Colorado Ballet performed Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece Swan Lake at Ellie Caulkins Opera House, located at the Denver Center for…

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Alexei Tyukov as Prince Siegfried, and Maria Mosina as Odette, in Swan Lake (Colorado Ballet, 2016)

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Julie Kent and Marcelo Gomes, "The Leaves are Fading", American Ballet Theatre

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Melanie Hamrick of America Ballet Theatre  

Melissa Thomas and Thomas Forster, "Lilac Garden" American Ballet Theatre 

Haiyan Wu, "Swan Lake", Miami City  Ballet

Chandra Kuykendall, Colorado Ballet

Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky, "Giselle", American Ballet Theatre 

Photographer Lois Greenfield

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Chabad of Poway, Spain, ‘Game of Thrones’: Your Monday Briefing

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Good morning,

We’re covering Attorney General William Barr’s dispute with congressional Democrats, the aftermath of the shooting at a California synagogue, and the results of Spain’s election.

Attorney general threatens not to testify

William Barr is scheduled to appear before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday to discuss the special counsel’s report, but he has said he will skip the session if the terms of the questioning aren’t changed.

Such a move would escalate the long-running feud between the White House and Congress over testimony and access to documents. The Democratic chairman of the committee, Representative Jerrold Nadler, said on Sunday that he would subpoena Mr. Barr if necessary.

The details: In addition to the usual questioning from lawmakers, Democrats want the attorney general to take questions from staff lawyers. Mr. Barr objects to that format, as well as to a plan for committee members to question him behind closed doors about redacted sections of the special counsel’s report.

What’s next: Negotiations are to continue today. Mr. Barr is set to testify before the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee the day before his scheduled House appearance.

The police identified the attacker in Saturday’s shooting at the synagogue, Chabad of Poway, as John Earnest, 19. They said he had written a manifesto echoing the white supremacist views promoted by gunmen who attacked a synagogue in Pittsburgh last year and mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March.

Quotable: “We can disagree about all sorts of important things, even ultimate things, but surely every person ought to agree that no one should be gunned down in worship,” said Russell Moore, the president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Unheeded warnings in Sri Lanka

A newly revealed memo, dated 12 days before a series of suicide bombings on Easter Sunday, warned the country’s police chief of an imminent terrorist attack.

The memo adds to a growing paper trail of detailed warnings that cast doubt on President Maithripala Sirisena’s claims that he did not know the attack was coming.

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, and, since the bombings, anti-Muslim feeling has been rising across Sri Lanka. Today, Mr. Sirisena banned “all forms of clothing that cover a person’s face and prevents them from being identified.”

Catch up: The Islamic State said its fighters were among those killed in a raid in eastern Sri Lanka that left 15 dead and that wounded the wife and child of Zaharan Hashim, who is believed to have been behind the bombings.

Life inside Alabama’s prisons

The Alabama Department of Corrections is set to unveil a plan to improve its prison system, which was the subject of a horrifying report issued by the Department of Justice this month.

The report included accounts of prisoners who were tortured, burned, raped and murdered in largely unsupervised dorms. Three corrections officers have been attacked and at least one inmate has been stabbed since the report was issued.

The Times asked three men sentenced to life without parole and one serving a 28-year sentence to tell us what it’s like inside. Read excerpts from their letters.

Background: The report underscored the conditions depicted in more than 2,000 photographs, sent to The Times, of violent incidents and contraband inside the St. Clair Correctional Facility, northeast of Birmingham.

If you have 5 minutes, this is worth it

Grandmothers learning to read

As the birthrate plummets in South Korea, rural schools are emptying. One welcomed women who have wanted to learn to read for decades.

Hwang Wol-geum, 70, cried tears of joy when she started classes last month: “I couldn’t believe this was actually happening to me,” she said. “Carrying a school bag has always been my dream.” Ms. Hwang, above left, is pictured with her classmates Kim Mae-ye, 64, and Park Jong-sim, 75.

Here’s what else is happening

Election in Spain: The Socialist Party has strengthened its hold on the country’s government after the third national election since 2015. An anti-immigration and ultranationalist party called Vox won its first seats in Parliament.

Ouster at Guantánamo: Rear Adm. John Ring, the commander of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has been fired seven weeks before he was to leave the job.

Seattle crane crash: The tech boom has filled the city with construction cranes, one of which collapsed over the weekend, killing four people.

Snapshot: Above, hazelnuts drying in northern Turkey, which grows about 70 percent of the world’s supply. They end up in Nutella spread and candy made by Nestlé and Godiva, but the crop has been notorious for its workplace hazards and hardships.

In memoriam: Richard Lugar represented Indiana in the Senate for 36 years, one of few senators in modern history with substantial influence on America’s international relations. He died on Sunday at 87.

“Game of Thrones”: The Battle of Winterfell. That’s all we’ll say here. Read our recap of Episode 3.

What we’re reading: This article in The Colorado Sun. Gina Lamb, a Special Sections editor, writes: “As a longtime typewriter owner (and former Colorado resident), I was delighted by this piece about Darwin Raymond, who has cared for all kinds of typewriters on the state’s Western Slope for decades — including a 60-pounder with a three-foot-long carriage, a purse-size portable and an IBM Selectric that Hunter S. Thompson blew apart with a shotgun.”

Now, a break from the news

Listen: For some time, Bruce Springsteen has been mentioning an album that harks back to 1970s Southern California. “Hello Sunshine” is the first sample of that album.

Smarter Living: If buying a used car makes you want to pull your hair out, you’re not alone. There are a few key things to remember. Know what you need, not what you want. Review whether leasing or financing makes sense for you. Lastly, know the difference between a certified pre-owned car and a lemon.

And if you find a lost phone, return it the right way.

And now for the Back Story on …

Dance history

If you’re feeling footloose today, there may be a reason: April 29 is International Dance Day, so proclaimed by the performing arts partner of Unesco 37 years ago.

Why this date? It’s the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), a choreographer and dance theorist who invented the “ballet d’action,” a forerunner of the evening-length story ballet. (Think “Swan Lake” and “Giselle.”)

Before Noverre, ballets amounted to spectacular entertainments. He revolutionized the art by introducing pantomime and the idea that a dance could tell stories.

Early in his career, Noverre also had the distinction of serving as dancing instructor to the young Archduchess Marie Antoinette in Vienna, before her departure for France.

According to Antonia Fraser, whose biography of Marie Antoinette became the basis of Sofia Coppola’s 2006 biopic, the future queen was an apt pupil, admired for her graceful port de bras and elegant bearing.

Her friendship with Noverre helped his career, until the French Revolution. He escaped the guillotine and lived until 1810 in the Paris suburb of St.-Germain-en-Laye.

That’s it for this briefing. See you next time.

— Chris

Thank you To Mark Josephson, Eleanor Stanford and Kenneth R. Rosen for the break from the news. Marina Harss, who writes about dance for The Times, wrote today’s Back Story. You can reach the team at briefing@nytimes.com.

P.S. • We’re listening to “The Daily.” Today’s episode is about the census case before the Supreme Court. • Here’s today’s mini crossword puzzle, and a clue: Butterfingers (5 letters). You can find all our puzzles here. • Both Arthur O. Sulzberger, the chairman of the board and former publisher of The New York Times, and A.G. Sulzberger, the current publisher, worked as reporters and editors at The Times early in their careers.

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Colorado Ballet Can Do More Than The Nutcracker if Audiences Show Up

Colorado Ballet Can Do More Than The Nutcracker if Audiences Show Up

Fairytale ballets like Swan Lake and The Nutcracker guarantee sold out houses for Colorado Ballet, which leans on those productions to ensure it makes budget. While coastal cities enjoy more consistent, challenging, modern repertoires, it’s an every two-years treat in Denver. In part, that’s because audiences aren’t supporting innovation. The Little Mermaid, which… Continue Reading      

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Maria Mosina as Odette in Swan Lake (Colorado Ballet, 2016)

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Maria Mosina as Odile, and Alexei Tyukov as Prince Siegfried, in Swan Lake (Colorado Ballet, 2016)

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Chandra Kuykendall as Odette in Swan Lake (Colorado Ballet)

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Maria Mosina as Odette, and Alexei Tyukov as Prince Siegfried, in Swan Lake (Colorado Ballet, 2016)

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Maria Mosina as Odile, and Alexei Tyukov as Prince Siegfried, in Swan Lake (Colorado Ballet, 2011)

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Maria Mosina as Odette, and Igor Vassine as Prince Siegfried, in Swan Lake (Colorado Ballet, 2008)

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Your Monday Briefing

A week after Easter bombings, Sri Lanka struggles to move forward

Security forces continued to round up suspects involved in the bombings that killed more than 250 people last week while people in the capital, Colombo, held vigils outside one of the churches that was attacked.

The curfew in Colombo has been lifted even as military surveillance aircraft kept an eye on the country’s main airports and naval units patrolled the waters around the island nation.

Over the weekend: The Islamic State said its fighters were among those killed in a raid of a house in eastern Sri Lanka that left 15 people dead and that wounded the wife and child of Zaharan Hashim, alleged to be the mastermind of the bombings.

Go deeper: The town of Kattankudy is one of the few predominantly Muslim towns in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka. It’s also Mr. Hashim’s hometown and where he preached his divisive ideology.

How China’s bicycle ‘unicorns’ shook up a small town

As bike-sharing swept through Chinese cities about three years ago, the small town of Wangqingtuo — home to many bicycle factories — prospered.

But then the start-ups hit financial troubles, hollowing out parts of Wangqingtuo, leaving factories shuttered and unwanted bicycles piled up on empty streets.

Takeaway: The boom and bust of China’s bike-sharing companies reflect the country’s dizzying start-up scene, with new unicorns (companies worth more than $1 billion) cropping up every four days last year, according to a research firm in Shanghai.

While the fast-paced technology industry has created new industries, the companies that quickly collapse often end up wiping out jobs and small investors.

Can a water pump undermine ISIS in the Philippines?

It took two months, an American Special Operations civil affairs team, three nonprofit organizations and a Philippine Army platoon to bring a gray, oblong $58,000 water pump to Padas, a village in the southern Philippines.

The pump is part of a U.S. counterterrorism plan that aims to help establish trust in the government and, in turn, undercut the influence of Islamic State-affiliated militants in the region.

The campaign has been focused on and around the city of Marawi, which the Islamic State seized in 2017. A monthslong military effort to take back the city left an estimated 1,200 people dead and displaced many others. But the ISIS affiliate simply started to rebuild and recruit in nearby villages, like Padas.

Background: In November, the U.S. estimated that around 500 Islamic State fighters were living in the Philippines, a majority Christian country with a small Muslim population in the south.

A school in South Korea enrolls illiterate grandmothers

As South Korea’s birth rate plunges, schools across the country have been emptying out. So one school, desperate to fill its classrooms, came up with an innovative solution: enroll older villagers who had never learned to read and write.

“My mother has become a much happier person since she began going to school,” said the son of a 70-year-old student. “Smiles hardly seem to leave her face.”

By the numbers: The country’s birth rate fell to less than one child per woman last year — one of the lowest in the world.

If you’re following the Indian elections…

Dubious candidates left, right and center

Pragya Singh Thakur, wearing garlands and the saffron robes of a Hindu ascetic, is a candidate for the Bharatiya Janata Party. That she faces terrorism charges, in connection with a bomb blast that killed seven people in 2008 has not deterred her or the party.

Ms. Thakur’s situation, however, is not uncommon.

When the Association for Democratic Reforms, an independent think tank, looked through the criminal records of almost all 5,478 candidates in the first half of the general election, the findings were staggering.

About a third of the candidates had some sort of pending criminal case against them. And 13 percent faced serious charges, including allegations of corruption, assault, murder and rape.

Neither of the two main national parties, the governing B.J.P. or the opposition Congress party, fared very well in the reports.

Candidates with criminal backgrounds usually end up winning, said Anil Verma, a retired Army officer who leads the Association for Democratic Reforms.

Many of them have more campaign money and deliver results at a local level, Mr. Verma said. They also earn goodwill with small acts, he said, like “donating money for somebody’s daughter’s wedding.”

“It’s a travesty but that’s how it is in our country.”

Send us your feedback or questions on this series here.

Here’s what else is happening

U.S.: A gunman opened fire in a synagogue near San Diego on the last day of Passover, killing one person and wounding three others. The shooting, the latest in a series of deadly attacks at houses of worship, is being treated as a hate crime.

Spain: The country held its third national elections since 2015 on Sunday, amid growing political polarization, an ongoing territorial conflict over Catalonia and the emergence of a new far-right party, Vox.

Apple: Since it launched its own screen-time tracker, Apple has clamped down on competitors’ offerings, according to an investigation by The Times. In some cases Apple forced companies to remove parental control features and in other cases, it simply pulled apps from its store.

Uber: As the ride-hailing company meets with investors ahead of its I.P.O. next month, it plans to pitch itself as the next Amazon, a concept that hints at its ambition to expand into new businesses and industries.

Gender inequality: American women are the most educated ever, yet they face some of the biggest pay gaps. One reason is the changing nature of work, which has led to longer, inflexible hours.

Penguins: The Antarctic’s second-largest colony of emperor penguins has all but disappeared since 2016 when more than 10,000 chicks were lost because of a strong El Niño, according to a new study.

Snapshot: Above, “Night #19,” 2005, by Michael Wolf. The photographer who gained fame capturing Hong Kong’s dense skyscrapers and the minutiae of its daily life died on Thursday at age 65.

What we’re reading: This article in The Colorado Sun. Gina Lamb, a Special Sections editor, writes: “As a longtime typewriter owner (and former Colorado resident), I was delighted by this piece about Darwin Raymond, who has cared for all kinds of typewriters on the state’s Western Slope for decades — including a 60-pounder with a three-foot-long carriage, a purse-size portable and an IBM Selectric that Hunter S. Thompson blew apart with a shotgun.”

Now, a break from the news

Cook: Tonight might be the night for kale-sauce pasta. Not a kale fan? Try arugula, spinach or even collard greens. (Our Five Weeknight Dishes newsletter has more recommendations.)

Watch: “Avengers: Endgame” is finally out, breaking box office records. Black Widow, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Iron Man and other stars settle scores and take a long victory lap in the final chapter of this cycle.

Read: Four memoirs and one near-memoir are among 11 new books we recommend.

Go: (Or maybe don’t.) “Beetlejuice,” a musical adaptation of the 1988 Tim Burton film, has opened on Broadway. It’s “absolutely exhausting,” our theater critic writes.

Smarter Living:If buying a used car makes you want to pull your hair out, you’re not alone. There are a few key things to remember. Know which kind of car you need, not the kind you want. Review whether leasing or financing the car makes the most sense for you. Lastly, know the difference between a certified pre-owned and a lemon.

And if you find a lost phone, be sure to return it the right way.

And now for the Back Story on …

Dance history

If you’re feeling footloose today, there may be a reason: April 29 is International Dance Day, so proclaimed by the performing arts partner of Unesco 37 years ago.

Why this date? It’s the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), a choreographer and dance theorist who invented the “ballet d’action,” a forerunner of that staple of dance companies: the evening-length story ballet. (Think “Swan Lake” and “Giselle.”)

Before Noverre, ballets had amounted to spectacular entertainments. He revolutionized the art by introducing pantomime and the idea that a dance could tell stories.

Early in his career, Noverre also had the distinction of serving as the young Archduchess Marie Antoinette’s dancing instructor in Vienna, before her departure for France.

According Antonia Fraser, whose biography of Marie Antoinette became the basis of Sofia Coppola’s 2006 biopic, the future queen was an apt pupil, admired for her graceful port de bras and elegant bearing.

Their friendship helped his career, until the French Revolution. He managed to escape the guillotine and lived until 1810 in the Paris suburb of St. Germain en Laye.

A correction: Thursday’s Morning Briefing misstated how the Russian chemist Dmitiri Mendeleev arranged the first recognizable periodic table. It was by atomic weight, not by atomic number.

That’s it for this briefing. Have a foot-tappin’, hip-swingin’ day.

— Alisha

Thank you To Mark Josephson, Eleanor Stanford and Kenneth R. Rosen for the break from the news. Marina Harss, who writes about dance for The Times, wrote today’s Back Story. You can reach the team at briefing@nytimes.com.

P.S. • We’re listening to “The Daily.” Our latest episode is on the measles outbreak in the U.S. • Here’s our mini crossword puzzle, and a clue: move like a ghost (five letters). You can find all our puzzles here. • Both Arthur O. Sulzberger, the chairman of the board and former publisher of The New York Times, and A.G. Sulzberger, the current publisher, worked as reporters and editors at The Times earlier in their careers.